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New York Times
Shift From Savannah to Sahara Was Gradual, Research Suggests
New York Times, United States - May 8, 2008
In 2000, analysis of the cores by researchers led by Peter B. deMenocal of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory showed a sudden rise in ...(author unknown)

Is Mother Nature acting out?
MSNBC - 2 hours ago
"It's totally random," said Peter Kelemen, a geologist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in New York.(author unknown)

Gothamist
Pencil This In
Gothamist, NY - May 7, 2008
He should know, he's the Newberry Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, a longtime researcher at the Lamont-Doherty Earth ...(author unknown)

ABC News
US Earthquakes Jangle Nerves, Leave Scientists With Questions
ABC News - May 7, 2008
"We can laugh at a 1.8," said Lamont-Doherty's Dr. Seeber, "but the issue is how small a quake in this part of the world can be damaging."(author unknown)

What made the Dust Bowl bad
MSNBC - 19 hours ago
... whether the dust storms from the drought and land use had any impact on the drought," said Richard Seager of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in New York.(author unknown)

Rocks Under The Northern Ocean Are Found To Resemble Ones Far South
Science Daily (press release) - 12 hours ago
Lead author Steven Goldstein, a geochemist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), said that this did not suggest the rocks came ...(author unknown)

Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans
CNET News.com, CA - Apr 30, 2008
One possible source for Google Ocean data are detailed "tiles" from multibeam and predicted topography compiled by the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory ...(author unknown)

Learning from our arid past
Los Angeles Times, CA - Apr 29, 2008
As for the wider West, a grid of more than 600 tree-ring sequences from throughout the region, compiled by a team at the Lamont-Doherty Tree Ring Laboratory ...(author unknown)

ABC News
Southern Illinois a Hotbed of Earthquake Activity, Experts Say
ABC News - Apr 18, 2008
"Southern Illinois has had earthquakes of this size throughout history," said Nano Seeber, a senior research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth ...(author unknown)

Historic Soviet nuclear test site offers insights for today's ...
PhysOrg.com, VA - Apr 17, 2008
... been conducted since the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1996, said Paul Richards of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. ...(author unknown)

Out of the blue
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Apr 7, 2008
It was Dallas Abbott, a marine geophysicist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in New York, who brought these samples to Drexel. ...(author unknown)

Unified Response Is Sought For Flood Plan for the City
New York Sun, NY - Mar 19, 2008
A research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Klaus Jacob, predicts that increasing sea levels and unpredictable ...(author unknown)

Seismologists studying Slate Hill quakes
Times Herald-Record, NY - Mar 15, 2008
... that three scientists from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University came armed with seismometers, seismographs and solar cells. ...(author unknown)

Residents feel more tremors, but no injuries, damage reported
Times Herald-Record, NY - Mar 15, 2008
Firefighters have returned to the firehouse, but scientists from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University in New York remain, ...(author unknown)

Seismologists to investigate Wawayanda region struck by two ...
Times Herald-Record, NY - 6 minutes ago
Seismologists from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University in New York City were planning to investigate the affected region today. ...(author unknown)

Cruising for Carbon
YourHub.com, CO - Mar 12, 2008
My research team, in collaboration with other teams from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Hawaii, ...(author unknown)

A Cool $25 Million for a Climate Backup Plan
New York Times Blogs, NY - Mar 6, 2008
... equivalent of an urban legend,” in the words of Richard Seager, a climate modeler at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. ...(author unknown)

Research of Hundreds More Scientists Shows the Natural 1500-Year ...
NewsBlaze (press release), CA - Mar 3, 2008
For example, Suzanne Carbotte of New York's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory used side-scanning sonar to locate long-dead fossil oyster beds -- which were ...(author unknown)

Research of Hundreds More Scientists Shows the Natural 1500-Year ...
Earthtimes, UK - Mar 3, 2008
For example, Suzanne Carbotte of New York's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory used side-scanning sonar to locate long-dead fossil oyster beds -- which were ...(author unknown)

Study: Snowflakes may contain bacteria
CNN International - Feb 29, 2008
Researchers led by Gisela Winckler of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University found that dust deposited in the ocean peaked during cold ...(author unknown)